The CAST issue paper also described the sensationalist tendencies that have made acrylamide in food sound dangerous despite a lack of evidence:

The FDA [Food and Drug Administration], the WHO [World Health Organization], the EU [European Union], and other bodies have stated that there is no indication at this time that consumers need to change the eating habits in response to the acrylamide findings … Nevertheless, the news headlines in the weeks after the announcement of the [initial discovery of acrylamide in food in 2002] were “Potato Chips Cause Cancer.”